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Etel Adnan, Cy Gavin, Kahlil Robert Irving, Silvia Kolbowski, Jumana Manna, Ulrike Müller

FRAME BY FRAME

Opening: Thursday, May 25, 6–8pm

May 25 – July 25, 2017

A wide photograph of the gallery. Starting at right: three enamel paintings on steel, one large sculpture leaning against the temporary wall in the gallery, one large horizontal painting on the back wall, one small illegible painting on the left wall with a large sculpture next to it, and one print installed on the ground at left.
A photograph of the gallery where we see the temporary wall with a large white sculpture upon it. There is a partial view of a colorful painting on the back wall and a smaller painting at left of that. There is a large sculpture leaning against the wall at left, and a print installed on the ground near the left-corner of the photograph.
A photograph of the front half of the gallery. There are three enamel paintings on steel, with the front window of the gallery at right. At left leaning against the temporary wall is a white, large, organic sculpture..
A photograph of the front half of the gallery with three enamel on steel paintings and one large white sculpture leaning against the temporary wall in the gallery.
A photograph of the front half of the gallery. There is a large white sculpture leaning against the temporary wall at right. At left there are three prints installed on the ground. There is also a large sculpture leaning against the wall, toward the back of the room, and a small illegible painting.
A view of the length of the gallery. In this photograph, there are three prints on the ground, installed in a row. There is a bright painting at the far end of the gallery, and a sculpture leaning against the wall at left.
A photograph of the left half of the gallery. There are three collograph prints installed on the ground in short OSB platforms. There is a sculpture leaning against the wall, and a small abstract painting to the right of it. The painting is mostly green.
A photograph of the back corner of the gallery. There is a large sculpture leaning against the wall, and a small green painting. At right, we see a partial view of a brightly colored painting.
A photograph of the back quadrant of the gallery. There is a large, horizontal, brightly colored painting at right, taking up almost the entire wall. On the left there's a sculpture that leans on the wall, and a small painting to the right of it that is mostly green.
A photograph of three black and white drawings, framed in white, installed on the wall in a single row.
A closer photograph of three black and white drawings in white frames, installed in a row.
A photograph of the back area in the gallery. At the left is a flat screen television upon which a black and white video plays. there is a square shape on the screen. At right there's three black and white drawings in white frames.
A photograph of a flat screen television with a video playing on it. On the flat screen is a computer monitor in a hallway in a storage unit facility.
An abstract drawing of a black rectangle, without all the sides filled in. There is some shading closer to the center that makes it appear like it's receding in space.
A black and white drawing of an incomplete square. At the bottom-left is a large X, and there are some gray strains along the bottom edge. There is also some striation in gray, running vertically, along the top-right of the shape.
A black and white drawing with black lines near the top and bottom of a small composition. There are some faint grey lines and shapes within the darker extremes.
A painting of a partially human body (from the waist down) laying in a natural environment. There are hues of yellow, red, orange, and black in a majority of the image. At right there is a mass of blue/green. The background is predominantly abstract with suggestions of mountains and rocks.
An abstract painted canvas of a mountain. There are squares and rectangles of different hues of blue, green, and white.
A black and white collograph print that includes layers that have been printed over to resemble folds. There are also imprints of squished cans.
A collograph print that includes found objects applied to it. The top of a styrofoam clamshell can be seen on the bottom-left, and there is a pizza triangle for to-go slices near the top-left. At the top-left corner of the paper is a gold square. There is also a loose gold area on the left side of the paper.
A collograph print that includes found objects upon it including a squished can painted white in the top-left, and another piece of detritus in the bottom-right.
A sculpture leaning against the wall, with the top of the gutter which might be found on a corner of a home being the support on the wall itself. The sculpture is the bone colored (off-white/cream)
An abstract white sculpture leaning against the wall. The shape is a trapezoid with curved edges.
An abstract painting made of enamel. There is a line down the center. At right is a shape looking like a half of a heart. There is a brown triangle at the bottom-right. On the left are sky blue and powder blue shapes in irregular forms.
An abstract enamel painting with a vertical central line. On the left is a pale pink hue, at right is black. On top and bottom of the vertical line are small triangles: at top, in royal blue; at bottom, in pale orange.
An abstract painting made from enamel. There is a vertical line down the center: at left is a pale yellow; at right are triangles in red and navy blue. There is also a taupe colored shape off the central axis.

Press Release

Callicoon Fine Arts is pleased to present FRAME BY FRAME, a group exhibition comprised of works by six artists: Etel Adnan, Cy Gavin, Kahlil Irving, Silvia Kolbowski, Jumana Manna, and Ulrike Müller; and the poet Samiya Bashir who will be reading from her new book, Field Theories, just released by Nightboat Books, starting at 7pm on Thursday May 25th. The exhibition runs from May 25 to June 25, 2017.

The title of the exhibition is an excerpt from an entry in The Poets’ Encyclopedia published in 1979. In this entry the collective General Idea offers a loopy definition of  “general idea.” 

For additional information please contact Photi Giovanis at info@callicoonfinearts.com or call 212 219 0326. 

Callicoon Fine Arts is located at 49 Delancey Street between Forsyth and Eldridge Streets. Gallery hours are Wednesday to Sunday, 10:30 to 6:30 The nearest subway stops are the B and D trains at Grand Street and the F, J, M and Z trains at Delancey-Essex Street.

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